BJP pressuring EC: Cong

The Congress has charged BJP with building pressure on the EC for getting polling countermanded in Bihar's Chapra seat.

Congress has charged BJP with building pressure on the Election Commission for getting polling countermanded in Bihar's Chapra Lok Sabha constituency where Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy was locked in a high voltage battle with RJD Chief Laloo Prasad Yadav.

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"Realising his defeat in the election, naturally the BJP candidate (Rudy) has demanded to countermand the poll in this (Chapra) constituency," AICC general secretary Oscar Fernandes said in a statement.

Referring to the two-member fact finding EC team which visited Chapra on Sunday morning on the complaints of both RJD and BJP, he said Congress feels that EC is competent to take a fair and final decision in the matter.